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One familiar face from the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u2018 recent past is getting a primo chance to continue his NFL career.<\/p>\n \u201cESPN sources: The Browns are placing starting DE Alex Wright on season-ending injured reserve with a ruptured Achilles, and they now will sign former first-round pick DE Derek Barnett<\/a>,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter wrote<\/a> on his official X account on Sunday morning. \u201cWright was carted off the practice field Thursday after getting hurt during a one-on-one drill with Bills<\/a> OT Spencer Brown<\/a>. Tests later revealed a season-ending ruptured Achilles \u2026 The Browns already had been looking for pass rush help before the Alex Wright injury, bringing in Jadeveon Clowney<\/a> and Za\u2019Darius Smith, but both signed elsewhere. Now, with the need even more pressing, they land former Eagles and Texans<\/a> DE Derek Barnett.\u201d<\/p>\n Eagles Used 1st-Round Pick on Barnett in 2017<\/p>\n Barnett, 6-foot-3 and 259 pounds, was a 1st-round pick (No. 17 overall) by the Eagles in the 2017 NFL<\/a> Draft and won a Super Bowl as a rookie. He played for the Eagles until 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cDefensive end Derek Barnett is signing with the Cleveland Browns<\/a> on a one-year deal up to $5.5M, per source,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler wrote<\/a> on his official X account on Sunday. \u201cThe former first-round pick is back for Year 10, spent previous three years in Houston.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat stinks for Alex Wright,\u201d Cleveland sports radio host Dan Menningen wrote on X on Sunday<\/a>. \u201cSuch a talented guy. Hope for a smooth and fast recovery. Barnett is not as good as he used to be, but he is a proven guy who can get to the QB.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSuch a shame for Alex Wright,\u201d Locked on Browns host Spencer German wrote<\/a> on his official X account on Sunday. \u201cHe was having a tremendous camp and seemed ready to shoulder more of the pass rush burden. Browns were already lacking edge depth. Now it\u2019s a glaring issue even with Derek Barnett joining the fold.\u201d<\/p>\n Derek Barnett Part of Famous Philly Sports Moment<\/p>\n Barnett likely still eats for free in Philadelphia thanks to 1 play in his rookie year \u2014 when he recovered a fumble by New England Patriots<\/a> quarterback Tom Brady<\/a> in the 4th quarter of Super Bowl LII after a sack and forced fumble by Eagles edge rusher Brandon Graham<\/a>.<\/p>\n The fumble recovery sealed the franchise\u2019s 1st Super Bowl win.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Eagles have waived Derek Barnett after seven seasons with the team,\u201d The Score\u2019s Brenden Deeg wrote<\/a> on his official X account in November 2023. \u201cHis fumble recovery in the Super Bowl will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett. One familiar face from the Philadelphia Eagles\u2018 recent past is getting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-271121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}